The neurobiological basis of spontaneous alternation

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-104

  Lalonde, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; Cerebellum; Exploration; Limbic system; Novelty; Spatial orientation; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; ALTERNATION BEHAVIOR; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0036161518     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(01)00041-0     Document Type: Review

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